Get started

From here to your first task in Hale. It takes about five minutes.

Download Hale for Mac

Version 1.10.1, 42 MB. For macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, on Apple silicon or Intel. There's nothing else to install.

Find the note Keith sent you
It has the password for the download, which account to use, and how you'll get the demo password. Neither password appears on this site.
Read what's in this test
Two minutes, so you know what's real and what's pretending.
Download Hale and put it in Applications
Download the zip and double-click it. Drag Hale from the new folder into your Applications folder. That folder's How to test Hale page has every step too.
Open it, once with Open Anyway
The first time, your Mac says it can't check Hale for harmful software. Click Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. After that, Hale opens like any other app.
Sign in
Hale opens on its sign-in page, in its own window. The first start takes a little longer while it sets up the demo church.
See what your role sees
Your week in Hale shows what you'll open on.
Watch or read your first how-to
Start with Getting around Hale, then your role's first few.
Do what you'd really do in a normal week
Try to get real jobs done. The how-tos are there if you get stuck, and getting stuck is useful for us to know.
Tell us what you find
Anything counts: something broken, a confusing word, a slow screen. Here's how.

Good to know on a Mac

What	How
Search and Control Center	⌘K and ⌘. The Go menu lists your pages, and ⌘1 to ⌘9 jump to them.
Your version	Hale → About Hale.
Screenshots for a report	⇧⌘4, then drag.
Stopping	Quit Hale (⌘Q). Your changes are kept for next time.
Starting over with fresh demo data	Quit Hale. In the Finder, choose Go → Go to Folder…, type ~/Library/Application Support/Hale, and move the files whose names start with rms.db to the Trash. Then open Hale again.

Two small things Please don't use Change password. If you do and forget it, you'll need to start over.
The check-in screen has no sign-out, so try it last. To leave it, start over, which also resets the demo.